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Don't copy - paste, but copy - morph. —Daan Roosegaarde

Interactive Landscapes offers a futuristic perspective on everyday reality. Dutch artist and architect Daan Roosegaarde (1979) explores the dawn of a…

Arno Nollen has been published in conjunction with the solo exhibition in De Hallen Haarlem, December 18, 2004 - March 6, 2005.

46 full-page photos

Epilogue by Karel Schampers

Language: English

Arno Nollen, (text by) Jhim…

Laurie Anderson is one of the most acclaimed and innovative performance artists and musicians work- ing today. The entire scope of her exciting career is celebrated in this volume, from her early art works and performances in the…

Taal/Language: Nederlands/English

Een overzicht van leden van de Beroepsorganisatie Nederlandse Ontwerpers BNO en hun werk.

A survey of members of the Association of Dutch Designers BNO and their work.

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This collection of essays provides the first comprehensive survey of Hollywood and independent films from the mid-sixties to the present. Deliberately eclectic and panoramic, The New American Cinema brings together thirteen…

Taal/language: Nederlands/English

Joop Istha (Amsterdam 1933) behoort tot de eerste generatie industrieel ontwerpers in Nederland, die na de Tweede Wereldoorlog massaconsumptieartikelen ontwierp waarbij vorm en functie even…

On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader…

Taal/Language/Sprache: Nederlands/English/Deutsch

Men kan zich afvragen of ergens ter wereld een plaats is aan te wijzen die de laatste vijfhonderd jaar zo vaak en zo ingrijpend is veranderd als het gebied van de huidige…

Nederlands-Engels/Dutch-English

Catalogus uitgegeven bij eerste complete overzichtstentoonstelling in 1989 van de Russische kunstenaar Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935). In zijn werk speelden het landschap en de folklore lange tijd…

Watercolours and Drawings
Half a millennium lies between us and Albrecht Dürer (1471 — 1528). His ability to represent what he saw struck his contemporaries as miraculous, and to this day his art has lost none of its power. His…

A Checklist of Treatises on Fortification in the Newberry Library

Language: English

Military Architecture Cartography and the Representation of the Early Modern European City, Martha D. Pollak, good condition (small fold in…

Hardcover

Timber housing has always been found in areas that have forests, but as a material, wood is no longer the reserve of log cabins or other vernacular dwellings. Today's wood houses are found not only in the woods but in…

Cooking and Gardening from Maine's Most Beautiful Farmhouse Restaurant
Part how-to-garden primer, The Arrows Cookbook combines more than 150 delicious recipes with time-tested techniques for growing herbs, vegetables, and edible…

The life of Curtis MayfieldHardcover!

Curtis Mayfield was one of the seminal vocalists and most talented guitarists of his era. But perhaps more important is his role as a social critic, and the vital influence his music had on…

Verschenen in 2005 naar aanleiding van tentoonstelling in MHK in de Bosch.

De van oorsprong Russische kunstenaar Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is vooral beroemd geworden om zijn dromerige, haast surrealistische schilderijen. Minder…

Ten days, thirty places. From north to south. From food to politics. From saintliness to sexuality. This ironic, methodical, and sentimental examination will help you understand why Italy—as Beppe says—“can have you fuming…

Victor Horta (Ghent, 1861-1947) is certainly one of the maximum exponents of the Art Nouveau movement. Already in his first works Horta will abandon the neo-Classical style he learned in his training and give himself over to the…

The Swede, Jan Olofsson, bom in 1944 in Orkeljunga, is no typical photographer. His eventful life led him via Germany to Great Britain, where he was able to experience the “swinging London” of the sixties at close hand. Being…

Royal Horticultural Society's Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening

A practical guide to rock gardening that describes how to design, build and care for your rock garden. Covering all aspects from boulder and scree beds to…

Hardcover

For over a year, 69 of Europe's best nature photographers travelled to all corners of Europe's 48 countries to unveil the incredibly rich and amazingly varied natural heritage of this continent. From the polar bears of…

A Hard Country

In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With almost 200 million people, a 500,000-man army, nuclear weapons, and a large diaspora in…

A novel

Hardcover!

Lovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt is back in another beguiling, as-only-Peter-Mayle- can-write-it romp through the South of France.

At the end of 'The Vintage Caper', Sam had just carried off…

All it takes is a shake of the wrist to make the flakes fall on Santa’s sleigh, Elvis’s hips, or the Statue of Liberty’s torch—creating a miniature world in each snow globe. From the ornate to the political, from…

Since the early 1980s, David Byrne has been riding a bicycle as his principal means of transportation in New York City. A few years later he discovered folding bikes, and started taking them with him on music tour overseas. The…

Sunday Times Bestseller Elizabeth is Missing is the stunning, smash-hit debut novel from new author Emma Healey

Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2014
Shortlisted for the National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book…

A tribute to all who dig the groove

Brazilian superstar Ed Motta came to Holland to buy an apartment, but spent all his money on vinyl instead. When a young Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth discovered a scratch on his recently bought…

What Is This Thing Called Polaroid? focuses on the intimate relationship the artist Ulay (born 1943) has developed with the medium of Polaroid, which he has been exploring since the 1970s. For him the unique and immediate…

HOME - The joy of interior styling It's a kind of magic. An everyday kind of magic, but wondrous nonetheless. Interior styling means putting objects and furniture and colours together in such a way that they stop simply being…

A History of Grand Eating

Sharing a grand meal has always been a complex social event. Feasts have been used to celebrate significant occasions, to parade rank and hierarchy, and to flatter and influence people. There has always…

A vivid and powerful rendering of the unparalleled life of an extraordinary artist.

'I HAD EXPERIENCED ABSOLUTE FREEOOM - I HAD FELT THAT MY BODY WAS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES. LIMITLESS; THAT PAIN DIDN'T MATTER, THAT NOTHING MATTERED…

BIG DATA, CIVIC HACKERS, AND THE QUEST FOR A NEW UTOPIA

This book is in stock in our warehouse in the Netherlands and available quickly / Dit boek is op voorraad in ons magazijn in Nederland en snel beschikbaar.

From Beijing to…

14 management principles from the world's greatest manufacturer

Toyota, the company that invented Lean production

Iconic
First edition, 2004

Hardcover with dust jacket

This book is in stock in our warehouse in the Netherlands…

man, fire, and clay through the ages

Hardcover
(the book is permanently covered with transparent plastic film / het boek is gekaft met boeklon kaftplastic)

This book is both a practical handbook and a unique investigation into…

An exceptional ethnography marked by clarity and candor, Sidewalk takes us into the socio-cultural environment of those who, though often seen as threatening or unseemly, work day after day on 'the blocks' of one of New York's…

Hardcover

De Zweedse kunstenaar Nathalie Djurberg (1978) is vooral bekend van haar animatiefilms, die op het eerste gezicht lief en onschuldig lijken. In haar werk behandelt Djurberg thema's als obsessie, macht, genot, begeerte…

A reader

The 4th edition of John Storey's successful reader in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture is a companion volume to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, now in its 5th edition. The Reader offers students…

An Album of Pictures and Words Written and Compiled by Aaron Scharf

A SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED, lively, intimate history of one of the great aesthetic adventures of the modern world—the making of the first photographs. Here are the…

Dear Friends,

I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE my job as the classroom hamster of Room 26.

But when our teacher, Mrs. Brisbane, didn't show up for school, I was unspeakable worried about what had happened to her.

Then a supply teacher, the…

Presents the author's thoughts on art, discussing the nature of art, the criteria which should be used in interpreting it, and the qualities which give a work of art universal meaning.

Language: English

What Art Is, Arthur C.…

Shaping the news in the digital age: typography & image on modern newsprint

The look, feel and presentation of information in newspapers has changed enormously over the last 15 years. This book takes examples from around the…

The Old World has confronted archaeologists with many riddles, perhaps the most tantalizing of which is the Dark Age, an economic and cultural recession so devastating that it is supposed to have lasted for 400 years, from 1200 to…

A survey of the diet of early peoples

A world-wide survey of the eating and drinking habits of early peoples, Don and Patricia Brothwell's Food in Antiquity covers a broad geographical range, from the early populations of Asia,…

H.W. Janson's monumental History of Art is the key book for the study and enjoyment of Western art, the work against which all other art-history surveys are measured. Its eloquent text and matchless quality of Western art to…

Strategies for SURVIVAL and SUCCESS

- How do I get others to take me more seriously?- Can I learn to settle for respect instead of needing to be liked?

- What is the difference between authoritative and authoritarian?

- How can…

The Garden Book presents a diverse range of designers responsible for some of the most interesting and iconic gardens and landscapes of all time, from around the world. Gardens of Ancient Persia, the Moguls of India, and the…

This book presents the ten most representative projects undertaken from 1985 to 2003.

While Renzo Piano (Genoa, 1937) at the Milan Polytechnic studied architecture, he worked atFrnco Albini. A valuable source of experience…

Port of Amsterdam gives in word and picture a captivating survey of every aspect closely connected with the Amsterdam port. The text contains much interesting and historical information, but the author also indicates how greatly…

The Gypsies and Their Journey

Isabel Fonseca describes the four years she spent with Gypsies from Albania to Poland, listening to their stories, deciphering their taboos, and befriending their matriarchs, activists, and child…

The Dutch photographer Dana Lixenberg takes a direct and nonconceptual approach to photography. Her eye is nonjudgmental, and all her subjects, however varied, are treated with the same gaze. This volume presents her work from the…

Written by Jessica Lehrer, Rick Lightstone and Alice Murray, Traveler’s Advisory proves that laughter is indeed a universal language, and the tidbits of advice it dispenses will resonate with anyone who has ever missed a bus,…

Taking a page from Jules Verne's classic tale, Monisha Rajesh embarked on an adventure around India in eighty trains. Indian trains carry over twenty million passengers daily, plowing through cities, crawling past villages,…

This compelling monograph collects photographs made by the Dutch photographer Marco van Duyvendijk during his travels in China, Mongolia, Taiwan and South Korea. Portraits of Mongolian contortionist girls and alternative youth…

A Graphic History, 1939-1959

In this informative and entertaining description of the first 20 years of paperback history, the emphasis is on the way these early books looked, and especially on their covers: who made them, how…

The most analogue tip and photo guidebook in German and English

In deze Lomography City Guide van Berlijn vind je heel veel informatie over deze superhippe metropool. Ontdek vele onbekende locaties, cafés en clubs.

Met uitleg…

Voor de één is Schiphol Airport het visitekaartje en de economische motor van Nederland, voor de ander de mislukking van de planologische ontwikkelingen en het landelijk milieubeleid. Dit boek met foto's van Reinier Gerritsen en…

The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present

Brendan Simms's formidable, game-changing history of Europe

In this marvelously ambitious and exciting book, Brendan Simms tells the story of Europe's constantly shifting…

With Karen Hunter

The autobiography of the hip-hop and rap star, television actor, and positive role model details his career, childhood, private life, public service, and views on the music business.

I Make My Own Rules, LL…

Amsterdam werkt als een magneet voor Amerikaanse kunstenaars; opvallend veel schilders, beeldhouwers, fotografen en andere beeldend kunstenaars uit de Verenigde Staten hebben Amsterdam als thuisbasis. Omgekeerd oefent New York een…

The Biography

Hardcover

Dit boek is op voorraad in ons magazijn in Nederland en snel beschikbaar

The classic London fogs-thick yellow 'pea-soupers,'- were born in the industrial age and remained a feature of cold, windless…

Vivre en Toscane

Tuscan treasures. Gorgeous homes in the Italian countryside. Under the burning Tuscan sun roll marvelous hills, vineyards, olive groves - all postcard-perfect landscapes nestling medieval towns, rural villas, and…

Globalization, Mobility and Suspension in Visual Culture

We usually associate contemporary urban life with movement and speed. But what about those instances when the forms of mobility associated with globalized cities - the flow…

As controversial and groundbreaking as when it was first published, Davidson's document of life in Harlem is one of the truly essential photodocumentaries. Portraying neither victims nor heros, his portraits reveal the complexity…

Selected Proceedings of the International Conference Groningen 20-23 November 1996

The relationship between those in power and those are not occupies not only the people concerned, but also scholars interested in the study and…

Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government

Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade. Power fell into the hands of men who imposed coercive new lordships in…

The most comprehensive collection of photographs and images of Wilde compiled by his only grandson.

Oscar Wilde was one of the first and unquestionably one of the greatest self-publicists who ever lived. With that exceptional…

The Rietveld Academy An Academy-building as a model

25e uitgave in de reeks: 'Rietveld projecten'.
Oplage 2500 exemplaren/copies

Met een voorwoord van/preface of: Simon den Hartog.

Verdere bijdragen van/contributions of: Willem…

One winter's morning, Lorimer goes to keep a perfectly routine business appointment and finds a hanged man. A bad start to the day, by any standards, and an ominous portent of things to come.

Lorimer Black - young, good-looking,…

Tip van Stip

Das Familienalbum des Planeten Erde / The Family Album of Planet Earth / L'album de familie de la planète Terre

Language: German, English and FrenchPhotographer Uwe Ommer shares with us his newly completed…

Jams, Chutneys, Pickles and JelliesWith its variety of jams, jellies, chutneys, mustards, and syrups to choose from, The Book of Preserves provides a wealth of traditional country recipes. Illustrated in color with step-by-step…

The World's Banker
1849-1999In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, exclusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic…

Hardcover

First edition

212 of artist Henry Moore's unpublished drawings. Many of the sketches, taken from comprehensive notebooks and sketchbooks date from 1921 to 1970. Moore experimented with ink, pencil, crayon, chalk, wash…

An Introduction and Survey

Philosopher Roger Scruton offers a wide-ranging perspective on philosophy, from logic to aesthetics, written in a lively and engaging way that is sure to stimulate debate. Rather than producing a survey…

On and off the rails from Milan tot Palermo

"All Italy is here". (Sunday Times).

From the bestselling author of 'Italian Neighbours', 'An Italian Education' and 'A Season with Verona'.

In Italian Ways, bestselling writer Tim…

The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations is an authoritative, one-volume treatment of sixty years of history of the United Nations written by distinguished scholars, analysts, and practitioners. Citations and suggested readings…

A History from Troy to Augustine

We still live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a 'classical Europe', using frames of reference…

How to Archieve Stress-free Productivity

Is your workload overwhelming? Does it just keep mounting up while your stress levels reach fever pitch? In Getting Things Done David Allen teaches you how to keep a clear head, relax and…

How Urban Spaces make us Human

Understanding the modern city and the powerful forces within it is the life’s work of Harvard urban economist Edward Glaeser, who at forty is hailed as one of the world’s most exciting urban…

This reader provides information on population and development issues for those seeking the middle ground between technical and non-specialist material. It contains contributions to all the various aspects of the debate from the…

From Medieval to Global Assemblages

Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin? In Territory, Authority, Rights , one of the world's leading authorities on globalization shows how the national state made today's…

In this book noted sociologist Michael Mann argues that the "new American imperialism" is actually a new militarism. Dissecting the military, economic, and political resources of the US, Mann concludes they are so lacking in…

Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect

Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of…

"Relying on a broad range of printed and secondary sources, Wage Labor and Guilds charts the history of guilds from their antecedents in the Roman Empire to their 'crisis' in the fourteenth century.... As a much-needed synthesis,…

This “glorious and frightening read” (MT Magazine) examines capitalism’s place as the universal social and economic order of our time. Now truly global, twenty-first-century capitalism—aided by extraordinary advances in…

Essay for E.P. Thompson

Few historians in the twentieth century hve had a lasting and marked an impact as E.P. Thompson. His rewriting of English history, beginning with: 'The Making of the English Working Class', has affected a…

Hip Hotels: City was the very first book to address a whole new travel phenomenon: hotels of such sheer style and individuality that they have redefined the travel experience. Through innovative architecture, outstanding design,…

The World of Sumo

With the knowledge and insight that can come only through the experience of the athlete, Takamiyama and his friend John Wheeler explain why both Japanese an d foreigners fall under the spell of this absorving…

Paul and Elaine have two boys and a beautiful home, yet they find themselves thoroughly, inexplicably stuck. Obsessed with 'making things good again', they spin the quiet terrors of family life into a fantastical frenzy that…

On the day that A. M. Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Her birth parents were a twenty-two year old woman and an older married man with whom she was having an affair. Thirty years later, out of the blue,…

A Novel of the Last Tsar

Drawing from decades of work, travel, and research in Russia, Robert Alexander re-creates the tragic, perennially fascinating story of the final days of Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov as seen through the…

At the heart of Babel Tower are two law cases, twin strands of the Establishment's web, that shape the story: a painful divorce and custody suit and the prosecution of an "obscene" book. Frederica, the independent young heroine,…

Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation's heart…

A guide to understanding and thriving in today's new economic environment

Now that the housing and credit bubbles have burst, toppling banks and sending shockwaves through the stock market and around the world, it may seem like…

Ah, think of the serene gardens, tatami mats, Zen-inspired decor, sliding doors, and shoji screens of the typical Japanese home. Think again.Tokyo: A Certain Style, the mini-sized decor book with a difference, shows how, for those…

Why you have too many friends on Facebook

Why your memory is mostly fiction

And 46 other ways you're deluding yourself
You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of self-delusion. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring…

Focusing on color names published in the West, this book is a small dictionary of color themes, names and images, containing 658 colors under 56 themes. You can search through this book as you please reading about the images,…

a novel

'To begin with I’d like to talk about my wife. To love means, in addition to many other things, to delight in gazing upon and observing the beloved.'
From Conjugal Love

When Silvio, a rich Italian dilettante, and his…

The international bestseller

On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled…

A guide to the best-performing investment strategies of all time

WHAT WORKS ON WALLSTREET, James P. O'Shaughnessy, good copy
McGraw-Hill, hardcover with dust jacket, 366 pages
ISBN 0070482462

Price without shipping costsPrijs…

For twenty years Doro and Marcus lived in a commune, convinced lentils and free love would change the world. They didn't. What they did do was give their children a terror of radicalism, dirt, cooking rotas and poverty. Their…